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Saturday, 14 June 2014

Players scoring 175+ in consecutive innings at a particular venue in Test Cricket

Joe Root scored 180 against Australia in 2013 and 200* vs Sri Lanka in 2014 in two consecutive test innings at Lord's. He became the first player in the history of test cricket to score 175+ in consecutive test innings at Lord's, Meeca of Cricket.

First player to score 175+ in consecutive test innings at Lord's.

Before Joe Root, there are 13 occasions of a batsman scoring 175+ in consecutive test innings at a particular venue. Sir Donald Bradman is the only player to do so at more than one venue, he did at three venues. Complete detail is provided in the table below.

Players scoring 175+ in consecutive innings at a
particular venue in Test Cricket

Batsman

Venue

1st

2nd

Sir Don Bradman

Leeds, England **

334 vs Eng, 1930

304 vs Eng, 1934

Sir Don Bradman

The Oval, England

232 vs Eng, 1930

244 vs Eng, 1934

George Headley

Kingston, West Indies

223 vs Eng, 1930

270* vs Eng, 1935

Sir Don Bradman

Brisbane, Australia

187 vs Eng, 1946

185 vs Ind, 1947

Sir Len Hutton

The Oval, England

206 vs NZ, 1949

202* vs WI, 1950

Sir Frank Worrell

Nottingham, England **

261 vs Eng, 1950

191* vs Eng, 1957

Dennis Amiss

The Oval, England

183 vs Pak, 1974

203 vs WI, 1976

Qasim Umar

Faisalabad, Pakistan

210 vs Ind, 1984

206 vs SL, 1985

Richie Richardson

Georgetown, West Indies

194 vs Ind, 1989

182 vs Aus, 1991

Gary Kirsten

Durban, South Africa

275 vs Eng, 1999

180 vs SL, 2000

Sachin Tendulkar

Nagpur, India

201* vs Zim, 2000

176 vs Zim, 2002

Marvan Atapattu

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe **

216* vs Zim, 1999

249 vs Zim, 2004

Kumar Sangakkara

Colombo (SSC), Sri Lanka

185 vs Pak, 2006

287 vs SA, 2006

Joe Root

Lord's, England

180 vs Aus, 2013

200* vs SL, 2014

** denotes that the player achieve the feat in an away
ground

No batsman scored 3 consecutive 175+ scores at any venue.
Mohammad Yousuf was very near to do so at Lahore in Pakistan. He scored 223 vs
Eng, 173 vs Ind and 192 vs WI from 2005 to 2006.